Overview of User Categories
You can categorize and segregate users based on the various functional and operational requirements. A user category provides you with an option to group a set of users such that the specified settings apply to everyone in that group.
Typical scenarios in which you may want to group users are:
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Users have different preferences in receiving automated notifications from the Security Console. For example, employees of your organization using the organization's single sign-on don't require notifications from the Security Console about creating new users, password expiry, or password reset. However, the suppliers of your organization who aren't using the organization's single sign-on, must receive such notifications from the Security Console.
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You have built an external application for a group of users using the REST APIs of Oracle Fusion Applications. You intend to redirect this user group to the external application when using the Security Console to reset passwords or create new users.
On the Security Console page, click the User Category tab. You can perform the following tasks:
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Segregate users into categories
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Specify Next URL
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Set user preferences
Segregate Users into Categories
Create user categories and add existing users to them. All existing users are automatically assigned to the Default user category unless otherwise specified. You may create more categories depending upon your requirement and assign users to those categories.
Specify Next URL
Specify a URL to redirect your users to a website or an application instead of going back to the Sign In page, whenever they reset their password. For example, a user places a password reset request and receives an Email for resetting the password. After the new password is authenticated, the user can be directed to a website or application. If nothing is specified, the user is directed to Oracle Applications Cloud Sign In page. You can specify only one URL per user category.
Set User Preferences
Select the format of the User Name, the value that identifies a user when signed in. It is generated automatically in the format you select. Options include first and last name delimited by a period, email address, first-name initial and full last name, and person or party number. Select the check box Generate system user name when generation rule fails to enable the automatic generation of User Name values if the selected generation rule can't be implemented.